Working with Wikileaks almost a decade ago, Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning provided some of the most damning revelations on U.S. foreign policy and military atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump’s Justice Department indicted Wikileaks’ mastermind Julian Assange on 17 counts of espionage. The feds arm-twisted Manning to testify against Assange, who is apparently suffering […]
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Ruby Ridge and Deval Patrick: The 542 Page DOJ Report Patrick Scorned
In my USA Today piece on Deval Patrick, I mentioned the 542 page confidential Justice Department task force report on Ruby Ridge which was compiled after an Idaho jury trounced the FBI and Justice Department in the Randy Weaver trial. Patrick dismissed the findings of that report and exonerated the FBI, helping spur widespread fears […]
USA TODAY: Deval Patrick’s Forgotten Catastrophic Coverups
USA TODAY, November 27, 2019 Will Deval Patrick be president? Not if his past scandals have anything to say about it. by James Bovard Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick entered the presidential race last week. Patrick is touted as a centrist Democrat and is reportedly former president Barack Obama’s favorite candidate. Patrick is also the […]
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson, R.I.P.
OK, so maybe I didn’t read many of the articles in my father’s copies of Playboy in the 1960s and early 1970s, but I always read the cartoons. My favorite cartoonist was Gahan Wilson, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 89. Wilson’s cartoons combined brilliant wit and a great Bullshit Detector. […]
Buttigieg’s Biggest Boondoggle: An Army Of Federally Funded Leftist Activists?
American Renewal Buttigieg’s Biggest Boondoggle: An Army Of Federally Funded Leftist Activists? James Bovard Contributor November 20, 2019 5:18 PM ET Democratic presidential frontrunner Pete Buttigieg is calling for a vast expansion of “national service” to enlist a million young Americans to perform federally approved activities. Buttigieg says his program will “repair the social fabric […]
Formal Notice for the Record
My USA TODAY oped on the Deep State spurred plenty of zippety responses, including the humorous Twitter quip below. I replied, “No sweat. Casual attire will be fine.” Jeff Scott commented: “I assume there will be a band. And food.” I replied, “Bluegrass & BBQ would be appropriate but it is too soon to book […]
Idiot Policies Funnier in Portuguese?
Mises Brasil [thanks for translating! Original English version is here; my 1987 Wall Street Journal oped is here] Alguns fatos cômicos (e patéticos) sobre o comércio internacional dentro do bloco soviético by James Bovard, November 12, 2019 Quando não estão matando, socialistas são uma comédia de erros Uma das maiores contribuições de Ludwig von […]
Tennessee Budd
You forgot the lie of 1861. Some Americans, seeing